Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

The 684 MW Sanakham hydroelectric dam project across the Mekong River, close to the Thai-Lao border in Chiang Khan District, ...

and it has built 11 dams on the upper reaches of the Mekong River inside Chinese territory that have come under scrutiny for allegedly altering the river’s natural flow. The Sanakham project ...

The 12 turbines of the proposed dam will cause volatility in the Mekong River’s downstream areas ... he said. The dam project is proposed to be built on the Mekong between Xayaburi and Vientiane ...

On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo. The project ... including in the Mekong region, can have really potentially ...

Citizens stage a protest along the shores of the Mekong River in Thailand’s Chiang ... not yet signed loan agreements for the Pak Beng Dam project. This demonstration is to send our message ...

BANGKOK, April 13 (Reuters) – China’s Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water ...

WWF and its partners say governments, investors in dams and policy advisers must hammer out an agreement on saving the river species ... the Wonders of the Mekong research project, which funded ...

It’s water that’s been stored behind a dam.” River water should instead be ... labelled the canal project a Mekong tributary project rather than one affecting its main channel.

On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo. The project ... including in the Mekong region, can have really potentially ...